Gig Workers Welfare Scheme Launched in Hyderabad

The Telangana government has officially launched its Social Security and Welfare Scheme for gig workers at a grand programme attended by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy reiterated that his government is committed to the welfare and protection of gig workers.

He recalled Rahul Gandhi’s 4,000-kilometre Bharat Jodo Yatra



from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in 2023, during which he personally understood the difficulties faced by poor and working-class people.

The Chief Minister said that when Rahul Gandhi visited Hyderabad during the yatra, gig workers met him and explained their problems.

At that time, Rahul Gandhi had promised to introduce a special law to protect gig workers once the Congress government came to power in Telangana